Aquarius Backpackers Surfers Paradise

Travel Blogs from Surfers Paradise

Day 61

A travel blog entry by beera

Surfers Paradise is located on the Gold Coast which stretches for 70km of beautiful beaches. Away from the chilled coastline, I was struck by its appearance as an urban jungle with an array of towering skyscrapers and neon lights. I had hoped for a big night out at Surfers only to be greeted by an empty bar and an empty hostel. In all fairness, I …

We're in Oz!!

A travel blog entry by chesalilla-gemz

Hi everyone,

So we're in Oz! We made it all the way through Asia for a month, saw everywhere we wanted to see and made our flight! With all our travel arranged ourselves- quite impressed really- I did wonder a couple of times before we left the UK whether we’d do everything in time for our flights!

So Oz is very expensive, …

Southport above Surfers!

A travel blog entry by delsanders

From Rainbow beach to Surfers was the plan.
Up early, onto the bus, chatting to the people we knew, had lunch at a station, carried on going and passed noosa, then to moolooba , a beautiful looking place, down through to brisbane, straight on through until southport where our friend Will was getting off, so we said we would get off with him …

Surfers Paradise visit!

A travel blog entry by delsanders

At southport - Got up relaxed and skyped. We headed over to Surfers Paradise which was raining and miserable, went to the beach, shopped bought some bits, and returned to southport.
Back at the hostel we played some drinking games, as we prepared for "The Backpackers Big Night Out" to the clubs of Surfers Paradise. Of which there are many. …

Certainly not - 'Surfers Paradise'

A travel blog entry by kirstylou

(I know it didn't begin with an S but it's close!)

Arrived in Surfers Paradise on Tuesday and got the shuttle bus to our hostel which is actually in a place called Southport just outside of Surfers Paradise. We were a bit disapointed when we realised this however the accomodation was free with our bus pass so it wasn't too bad. It took us …